Combination-tag



(No Model.) W. H. LAMON.

COMBINATION TAG.

No. 399,756. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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- COMBINATION=TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,756, dated March19, 1889.

Application filed February 16, 1888. Serial No. 264,297. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. LAMON, of Baltimore city, State ofMaryland, have invented an Improved Combination Shipping- Tag, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to tags of that class in which a bill, envelope,remark sheet, and shipping-tag are combined in the one article; and theinvention consists in the peculiarities of construction of the tag, allas more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a front View of the tag folded, and Fig. 2 is a planof the same unfolded.

In the drawings, the letter C designates the body of the tag, the innerface of which serves as a remark-sheet.

A B designate the bill or invoice portion, adapted to be folded on thedotted line a, and preferably ruled, as shown.

E is the end flap connected to the body O, and designed to be folded 011the line I).

D D are side flaps to the body 0, having acute-angled points 0 nearestthe end flap, E.

The body 0 is preferably ruled upon its outer face, as shown at d, Fig.1, for the address, the.

The various portions above described are provided with perforations oreyelets a: for the purpose of tying, tacking, hooking, or otherwisefastening the parts together when closed or folded, and for attachingthe tag to the article on which it is to be used. These perforations oreyelets are so arranged in relation to each other that when folded, asshown in "Fig. 1, a single cord or fastener can be passed through theperforations in the two port-ions of the bill or invoice, the body 0,the end flap, and the two side flaps, the said side flaps overlappingeach other and serving to keep in place the folded bill A B.

I attach especial importance to the shape of my tag, for the part B ofthe invoice portion being at one end of the body 0 and the part A at oneside of the part B independent of the flaps 'D the said invoice portioncan be folded upon itself and then upon the body 0, and when the tag isfolded, as shown in Fig. 1 and secured to the car by tacks or nailsthrough the holes a; on, the contents of the invoice portion cannot beascertained without destroying the tag, and, furthermore, the invoicemay be readily detached from the body along the line g y when desired.

\Vhat I claim as new is As an improved article of mannfacturaacombination shipping tag comprising the parts A and B, the part A,adapted to fold over the part B, the body 0, attached to the part B, theoblong end flap, E, at the end of the body 0, opposite to the part B,and the side flaps, D, on the body 0, having their acute-angled pointsnearest the end flap, E, and holes or perforations, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM II. LAMON.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. KENNEDY, Jos. II. LAMON.

